Ballpark Your SV650 Track Suspension
Hopefully this article and video can answer many of the general questions everyone has about the basic set up of your SV650 Track / Race machine. The idea behind this is to get your...
Category: Workshop
Vlog #002 – I heard you like battery boxes
This is only for 1st and 2nd generation SV650s. The Gladius and 3rd Gen SV have liquid cooled oil coolers and those lines will be in the way of this box. If you wanted...
Workshop : SV650 Cam Swap OEM Intake on Exhaust
Note: The cams are remove with the F mark on the flywheel lined up with the mark on the casing. The front cams are taken out with the front cylinder at top dead center...
Workshop : Check SV650 Valve Clearances
** POST NOT FINISHED ** Intake Range .004″ – .008″ (.102mm – .203mm)Exhaust Range .008″ – .012″ (.203mm – .305mm) When I go to actually get them all in spec, they all get set...
Workshop : SV650 Race Wire Harness 2nd Gen 03-06
We are going to take a stock wire harness from a 2005 SV650 and turn it into a full blown race harness with only the bare minimum. We will start by removing the little...
Folan / ISR 650 Vtwin
Folan Engineering, who makes some very lightweight and powerful motors, teamed up with ISR to produce this beautiful 90 degree 650cc vtwin motor. Not much information out there on this just yet. The 1050cc...
Time Lapse of SV650 Motor Tear Down – Rusty Sand?
From a 2009 SV650 off ebay that was caught in the 2012 Hurricane Sandy floods in New York City. Piston rings were seized sealing “rusty sand” with-in the cylinder. It was lovely…. Using time...
Workshop : Lighten that Flywheel
Everybody loves to cram every last hp out of their racer. Consequently, snapping the crank is a huge downside of this. Buying billet crank isn’t in everyone’s budget. Cheap insurance on your crank is...